Blasts kill 11 in Pakistan

At least eleven people have been killed in two blasts in the city of Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. Attackers hit a market and a police checkpoint.

It comes just hours after the Taliban claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s bomb blast in the city of Lahore. The group said it was revenge for the government’s offensive against militants in the northwestern Swat Valley.

The government says it will continue the operation which has seen over 1,000 militants killed so far.